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I'm glad I'm not the only one. It feels so good to feel sorry for myself and get sympathy from someone going though it too. My family is over it and I hate them for eating. Lol. Not really hate. I just want them to leave me alone.

Everyone's so sick of me saying how hungry I am too! Lol.

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My surgeon does not require a pre op diet. he thinks the results are too insignificant.

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In terms of liver shrinking or weight loss? Cause if he's referring to weight loss, I think he's wrong. I dropped 17 pounds last time I did the pre-op diet.

Now liver shrinking, who knows. Nobody is measuring livers prior to the pre-op diet start. But I do wonder what the difference from before and after are for the liver.

Good luck!!

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Well I'm doing great now. To confirm my pre op diet includes a 4 Protein Meal Replacements + 1 meal.

I have a 20 oz blender cup so i make two 8 oz Protein Shakes in one cup.

I drink the 1.5L Evian water bottle so i alternate from Water to shake throughout the day.

I sip on the shake starting about the morning ride to work 8:15am until lunchtime about 1pm.

I have a cup of fruit and a serving iof raw veggies on my desk like cucumber, carrots, watermelon, strawberries, cantoloupe, etc.

So I eat the fruit and drink water after i finish the shakes. Whatever i don't eat I just throw in my purse for later.

About 4, (I'm off at 5) i make another 16 oz serving and sip from 4 until dinner which is about 730 or 8.

My kids play sports so im usually heading over to a field right after work and I set up my chair and plop my cup in the cupholder sip and nibble on my veggies.

By the time i get home I'm finding I'm ok and didn't need the meal which would include 1 protein, 1 starch, and at least 1 low starch veggie. But it's soooo nice to know I can have it.

I don't have to but I'll prob do clears 24 hours before surgery then obviously nothing by mouth after 7pm or midnight or whatever time they tell me.

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Which blender do you have?

Well I'm doing great now. To confirm my pre op diet includes a 4 Protein Meal Replacements + 1 meal.

I have a 20 oz blender cup so i make two 8 oz Protein Shakes in one cup.

I drink the 1.5L Evian water bottle so i alternate from Water to shake throughout the day.

I sip on the shake starting about the morning ride to work 8:15am until lunchtime about 1pm.

I have a cup of fruit and a serving iof raw veggies on my desk like cucumber, carrots, watermelon, strawberries, cantoloupe, etc.

So I eat the fruit and drink water after i finish the shakes. Whatever i don't eat I just throw in my purse for later.

About 4, (I'm off at 5) i make another 16 oz serving and sip from 4 until dinner which is about 730 or 8.

My kids play sports so im usually heading over to a field right after work and I set up my chair and plop my cup in the cupholder sip and nibble on my veggies.

By the time i get home I'm finding I'm ok and didn't need the meal which would include 1 protein, 1 starch, and at least 1 low starch veggie. But it's soooo nice to know I can have it.

I don't have to but I'll prob do clears 24 hours before surgery then obviously nothing by mouth after 7pm or midnight or whatever time they tell me.

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I use a nutribullet in the mornings but, other than that nothing special. Just those cups with the whisking ball inside. shake and add a little ice and go.

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I invested in a baby bullet and am thrilled with it. It comes with a very small cup to blend in and lots of mini storage containers. <3 it!!

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@ he doesn't believe it makes a significant impact on the liver.

That's what I figured.

I wonder how much our livers do shrink?

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Ok so don't use this as an excuse to cheat but after week one of liquid dieting I went to my appointment and the surgeon said I can have a couple cheat days bc the 2 week diet isn't necessary for me with a lower BMI (40). He said he really only needs me to diet for 3 days but his staff tells everyone 2 weeks so the others won't get upset. So I got to eat but didn't go overboard

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But for those who are doing 2 weeks don't feel bad bc after I had a couple more food funerals I felt TERRIBLE. I thought I would add that so I don't have a mutiny. I was doing so well and feeling so great and I feel like crap now. I'm bloated and miserable and struggling to get back on track so I wish he would have never given me the green light.

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Day 3 and soooooooooo hungry but really focused - have lost 2 kilos/4.4 pounds, but always peeing!! Haha

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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